Japan to probe Black Tidings Olympics payments

Japan's Olympic committee on Wednesday announced its own probe of $2 million allegedly paid to secure the 2020 Games -- some of which was used to buy luxury watches, according to French investigators. The JOC will set up a special team to look into the payments, which are already being investigated by French prosecutors and have been linked to a son of disgraced ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack. Allegations the payments were improper, first reported by Britain's Guardian newspaper last week